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Lenny Pruss

Investor

General Partner at Amplify Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $5M

About

Lenny Pruss, a Soviet‑born refugee raised in Silicon Valley, pairs respect for engineering with a focus on infrastructure—cloud, DevOps and data tools—and backing technical founders who pursue decade‑long solutions.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Experience

  1. Amplify PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Temporal TechnologiesInvestor and Board Membercurrent2019 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  3. exe.devInvestor and Board Membercurrent2026 — present
  4. AntithesisInvestor and Board Membercurrent2024 — present
  5. Chainguard, IncInvestor and Board Observercurrent2021 — present
  6. HightouchInvestor and Board Membercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  7. bitdriftInvestor and Board Membercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. dbt LabsInvestor and Board Observercurrent2019 — presentPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  9. PrismaInvestor and Board Membercurrent2019 — presentBerlin, Germany
  10. SourcegraphInvestorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  11. Cockroach LabsInvestorcurrent2015 — present
  12. Redpoint VenturesPrincipal2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  13. RRE VenturesInvestor2014 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area
  14. Dataminr, Inc.Product Manager2013New York City Metropolitan Area
  15. JAT Capital Management, LPSummer Analyst2013Greenwich, CT
  16. RRE VenturesAssociate2010 — 2012New York City Metropolitan Area
  17. Jefferies & CompanyTechnology Investment Banking Analyst2009 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)2012 — 2014
  2. University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science - BS, Cs

Skills & more

Strategy17SaaS6Venture Capital21Entrepreneurship14Valuation7Mergers3Start-ups7Product Management4Product Marketing3Enterprise StorageCloud Computing5Business Development4
+3 moreAnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceAngel Investing

Languages English · French · Hebrew · Russian

From Lenny's professional profile.

Same school

Shared employers

Deals · 2

Void Star HoldingsBoard seat

via Amplify Partners · filed Dec 2025 · $106.5M raise

East River Source ControlBoard seat

via Amplify Partners · filed Jul 2025 · $5M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Amplify Partners

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